Toby "jesusneedsaces" Joyce opened from under the gun to 63,000. "Tomcemm" to his left called as did "phenom11218" from the big blind.
"Phenom11218" and Joyce both checked the 
flop. "Tomcemm" opted to bet 90,000 and both players called.
The trio of players all checked when the 
appeared on the turn and the 
completed the board on the river. Joyce with 
shipped the pot and almost doubled up his short stack.
"Slim5hady69" opened from early position for 63,000 before Timothy "RandyB0bandy" Ulmer three-bet to 300,000.
Brazil's Joao "Azor_Ahai" Neves Jr four-bet to 727,100. "Slim5hady69" folded and Ulmer called.
Neves Jr bet 642,500 on the 
flop before Ulmer jammed for around 2 million. Neves Jr. quickly called with pocket queens and Ulmer was eliminated after blanks appeared on the turn and the river.
Meanwhile, Neves Jr now has a substantial chip lead on the rest of the field with over 6 million in chips.
The remaining 16 players are now seated at two tables of eight players each.
Level: 9
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
"RiskyStar77" was the latest player to hit the showers after he was unable to spin up his short-stack. There are now 17 players remaining on three tables out of the original field size of 31 players, which included two reentries.
With the pot already at 542,000, "slim5hady69" fired a pot-sized bet against "Navins9" on the turn with the board showing 
. "Navins9" had slightly fewer chips behind and tanked before he folded.
"Buck82" had an early good start, but after that was consistently at or below his opening stack of 1 million chips. He was just eliminated to bring the Day 1a field down to 18 players sitting at three tables.
"Slim5hady69" from the small blind checked on a 
flop before "Ignent" continuation bet. "Slim5hady69" three-bet to 128,000 and called a four-bet after "Ignent" raised the action to 242,000.
Both players checked when the 
appeared on the turn before "slim5hady69" jammed the river for a bet of almost 1.6 million. His opponent quickly folded and "slim5hady69" whose chip stack was on the decline soared back over 2 million in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
David "JeanClaude1970" Peters lasted just one hand after play resumed from the break. Meanwhile, on another table "phenom11218" extended his chip lead and has over 4 million chips.
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